Brief Life History of Joseph
Joseph Spilsbury was born on 3 September 1795, in Knutsford, Cheshire, England as the son of Thomas Spilsbury and Nancy or Ann Legh. He married Mary Rylance on 10 November 1818, in Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom for about 46 years and Nether Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom for about 10 years. He died in 1866, in Altrincham, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 71, and was buried in Knutsford, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom.
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- Joseph Spilsbury, "England and Wales Census, 1861"
- Joseph Spilsbury, "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007"
- Joseph Spilsbury, "England, Cheshire Bishop's Transcripts, 1598-1900"
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1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1808 · The British West Africa Squadron
The British West Africa Squadron was formed in 1808 to suppress illegal slave trading on the African coastline. The British West Africa Squadron had freed approximately 150,000 people by 1865.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
Name Meaning
English (Staffordshire): habitational name from Spelsbury (Oxfordshire) and perhaps also from Spilsbury Hill in Mamble (Worcestershire). The Oxfordshire placename derives from an Old English personal name Spēol (genitive Spēoles) + Old English burg ‘fortress’. The Worcestershire placename probably shares the same etymology, though it is possible that it derives from the name of the family instead.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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